Histoire du droit pénal romain de Romulus à Justinien. Europe Volume II: Chapters 71-99 and

Volume II: Chapters 71-99 and 145-165

Louis Gillet lets us guess throughout his essay

he oscillated between periods of destruction and rich phases of creation

whether André Breton

comme une obligation d’admirer qui gêne pour comprendre

Histoire du droit pénal romain de Romulus à Justinien. Europe Volume II: Chapters 71-99 andThe Romans never used a formula to designate what we call "criminal law." Should we therefore think with Theodor Mommsen that "since Roman criminal law never formed a whole, there can be no question of tracing its history"? No, precisely, because history cannot presuppose a doctrinal system that would determine its object as a whole. From the founding of Rome attributed to Romulus (in 753 BC) until the reconquest effort led by the Byzantine emperor